Is Madonna Heading For Divorce Court?

Author: Dawn Olsen
Published: June 10, 2008 at 12:28 pm

According to a HolyMoly! via Dlisted, Madonna's 8-year marriage to director Guy Ritchie (who is slated to direct a remake of Sherlock Holmes) may be in its final tour of duty.

Rumors have circulated for the last couple of years that their marriage was strained, due in part to Madonna being a control-freak and a beeyotch, and Guy refusing to put up with her imperious behavior, but this may be the final straw. How do we know? Looks like Madonna paid a visit to a well-known and highly successful divorce lawyer. Here's the story from HolyMoly!

Sources have revealed exclusively to Holy Moly that Madonna has hired Britain's toughest divorce lawyer, Nicholas Mostyn QC, to kick start divorce proceedings against her husband of eight years, Guy Ritchie.

Mostyn will no doubt strike fear into the heart of Guy – he is the man who sorted out Heather Mills, trounced Earl Spencer and almost destroyed Ray Parlour in his previous high profile divorce cases.

Suggestions made seem to indicate that, surprisingly, Madonna and Guy do NOT have a pre-nup in place, leaving Guy in line to walk away with up to half of Madge's fortune (according to Forbes she earned $72m last year alone).

Long standing rumours of a rift between the couple are finally confirmed with this news, as Holy Moly's sources suggest nothing more than "growing apart" as the reason for the split. They have spent increasing amounts of time apart with both Madonna's new album and tour and Guy's revived movie career are cited as reasons. The adoption of David Banda attracted a huge wave of negative publicity, allegedly putting further strain on the relationship. The couple have one other son, Rocco, and Lourdes, Madonna's daughter from a relationship with her fitness instructor Carlos Leon.

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